Adolf Smekal
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Adolf Smekal, London 1934
Adolf Gustav Stephan Smekal (12 September 1895 – 7 March 1959) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, with interests in solid state physics,[1] known for the prediction of the inelastic scattering of photons (the Raman effect).[2]
Adolf Smekal studied at the Vienna College of Technology (1912–1913), received his doctorate from the University of Graz (1913–1917), and then studied at the University of Berlin (1917–1919).
References[]
- ^ "The historical development of quantum theory", by Jagdish Mehra, Helmut Rechenberg, p. 327, biographical note
- ^ A. Smekal. 1943. Zur Quantentheorie der Dispersion. Die Naturwissenschaften 11(43): 873-875 doi:10.1007/BF01576902.
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1959 deaths
- Austrian physicists
- TU Wien alumni
- University of Graz alumni
- Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
- University of Graz faculty
- University of Vienna faculty
- University of Halle faculty